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Paul Torgersen was born on 13 October, 1931 in Staten Island, New York, U.S., is an American academic (1931–2015). Discover Paul Torgersen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 84 years old?
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Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
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2015 |
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Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
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Paul Torgersen Net Worth
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Paul Ernest Torgersen (October 13, 1931 – March 29, 2015) was the 14th President of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Torgersen was born in Staten Island, New York.
He earned a B.S. degree in industrial engineering from Lehigh University in 1953.
Subsequently, he went to Ohio State University, where he received an M.S. degree in industrial engineering in 1956 and a Ph.D. degree in 1959.
Torgersen came to Virginia Tech in 1967 as a professor and the head of the Department of Industrial Engineering.
In 1970, he was appointed dean of the College of Engineering, a post he held for over 20 years.
He served from 1979-81 as chairman of the engineering Deans’ Council (the national organization of engineering deans).
He also briefly served as interim president of Virginia Tech after William Lavery stepped down in 1987 prior to James McComas' arrival in 1988.
Torgersen received the Benjamin G. Lamme Meritorious Achievement Medal from the Ohio State University in 1990.
He received Tech’s first Affirmative Action Award, its 1992 Sporn Award for Teaching Excellence and was named Virginia’s Engineering Educator of the Year in 1992.
He was named president of Tech in late 1993 after McComas stepped down and served until January 2000.
He taught at least one three-hour course each semester for the past 43 years.
Torgersen was a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Education.
He also was awarded an honorary D.Eng. degree by Lehigh University in 1997.
On October 6, 2000, with the completion of the 28-million-dollar Communications and Information Technology facility, a dedication was held and the building was named Paul E. Torgersen Hall.
In 2001 he received the Institute’s highest recognition – the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Award and earlier, in 1991, had received ASEE’s Lamme Medal.
Torgersen gave his final lecture on May 7, 2014 to his Theory of Organization class.
His wife, Dorothea, to whom he was married for sixty years had died in October 2014.
He died on March 30, 2015.
He led the College of Engineering to its place of national distinction – being ranked 17th in the nation among public and private institutions – and then served as president of the Corporate Research Center.
He was interim vice president for development and university relations.
